Book Description

“Joomla! is about allowing ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and that is exactly what the authors of this book do for its readers. . . . I present this book for your pleasure. It begins with how we began and takes you on a journey through which you can be empowered to reach the world.”

–From the Foreword to the First Edition by Andrew Eddie, cofounder, Joomla!

The Official Joomla!® Book, Second Edition, is the authoritative and comprehensive Joomla! reference for every administrator, developer, designer, and content manager. Distilling the unsurpassed experience of two long-time Joomla! contributors, it teaches exactly what you need to know, through practical example sites and crystal-clear explanations.

If you’re new to Joomla!, you’ll learn how to quickly create usable, effective sites. If you’re an experienced Joomla! user, you’ll learn how to make your sites more flexible, feature-rich, visually attractive, and useful, taking full advantage of the features in Joomla! 3 and Joomla! 2.5. And whether new or experienced, you’ll learn how Joomla! really works, so you can fully leverage its power whenever you’re ready. You’ll also get to know the Joomla! community by hearing from seventeen community members through in-depth interviews, and you’ll learn how to participate in the Joomla! project in ways that make sense for you.

The Official Joomla!® Book, Second Edition, covers everything from installation to usability, templates to extensions. The authors explain each key concept conversationally, helping you learn to help yourself and confidently gain control over Joomla! and the sites you build with it. They also present chapter-length application case studies for business, non-profits, and education. You will learn how to

Plan sites effectively before you start building them

Create production sites quickly while avoiding common mistakes

Install and configure Joomla! for maximum efficiency

Create and edit content for your Joomla! site

Customize and work with Joomla! templates and create a basic template

Work with extensions: components, modules, plugins, and languages

Efficiently administer Joomla! sites

Maintain Joomla! sites, including making back ups and managing upgrades and migrations between versions

“Joomla! is about allowing ordinary people to do extraordinary things, and that is exactly what the authors of this book do for its readers. . . . I present this book for your pleasure. It begins with how we began and takes you on a journey through which you can be empowered to reach the world.”

–From the Foreword to the First Edition by Andrew Eddie, cofounder, Joomla!

The Official Joomla!® Book, Second Edition, is the authoritative and comprehensive Joomla! reference for every administrator, developer, designer, and content manager. Distilling the unsurpassed experience of two long-time Joomla! contributors, it teaches exactly what you need to know, through practical example sites and crystal-clear explanations.

If you’re new to Joomla!, you’ll learn how to quickly create usable, effective sites. If you’re an experienced Joomla! user, you’ll learn how to make your sites more flexible, feature-rich, visually attractive, and useful, taking full advantage of the features in Joomla! 3 and Joomla! 2.5. And whether new or experienced, you’ll learn how Joomla! really works, so you can fully leverage its power whenever you’re ready. You’ll also get to know the Joomla! community by hearing from seventeen community members through in-depth interviews, and you’ll learn how to participate in the Joomla! project in ways that make sense for you.

The Official Joomla!® Book, Second Edition, covers everything from installation to usability, templates to extensions. The authors explain each key concept conversationally, helping you learn to help yourself and confidently gain control over Joomla! and the sites you build with it. They also present chapter-length application case studies for business, non-profits, and education. You will learn how to

Plan sites effectively before you start building them

Create production sites quickly while avoiding common mistakes

Install and configure Joomla! for maximum efficiency

Create and edit content for your Joomla! site

Customize and work with Joomla! templates and create a basic template

Work with extensions: components, modules, plugins, and languages

Efficiently administer Joomla! sites

Maintain Joomla! sites, including making back ups and managing upgrades and migrations between versions

Product Description

About the Author

Jennifer Marriott is the director of global support for CloudAccess.net, the official hosting provider for demo.joomla.org , as well as being the host and support system for some of the largest Joomla!-based sites in the world. Jennifer joined the Joomla! community during the beginning days in 2005 and began volunteering as a forum moderator shortly after. Over the years she has taken on various other roles in the community. In addition to her work in all things technology related, she is a professional musician who has released three CDs.

Elin Waring, a longtime Joomla! user, served as president of Open Source Matters, the nonprofit organization that supports the Joomla! Project. An active member of the Joomla! Bug Squad, she is also professor of sociology at Lehman College.

This is a very useful book to have when you are first learning about Joomla. It isn't essential though, and you can easily learn Joomla without it, just by finding tutorials online. Sometimes it is nice to have a book though. Also, if you come across any problems the book may not be much use.

Not as good as it could or should have been and not sure why nearly half the book was set aside for interviews with volunteers of the project no matter how brilliant they were for the projects development!

The Official Joomla Book book (2nd Edition) is a basic introduction to Joomla, and also goes over the basics of template design. But, this book is more of what Joomla can do, and what Joomla has to offer, then a how to use Joomla to build a web site book. This book has a lot of case studies on Joomla, and interviews with Joomla professionals, and demos of different types of sites running Joomla. If you want to know what Joomla can do this book is for you. But, if you're looking for an in-depth book on the ins and outs of how to build a web site using Joomla you'll be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 starsMust Have Book31 July 2013

By Bryce Henriksen - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback|Verified Purchase

Excellent details in the setup process and application. The book is a must read any beginner through advanced user. I recommend this book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 starsGood beginner book16 Oct. 2013

By Luis Feliciano - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback|Verified Purchase

I am new to Joomla! and this book has been very helpful. It takes you thru the basics of this CMS platform and understand how it works.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 starsA good Joomla reference20 Mar. 2013

By kbgorman - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase

I read everything I can about Joomla and this is one of the best resources available. I always learn a lot from Joomla Press books.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 starsIt is a book about Joomla10 July 2014

By Chris - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Paperback|Verified Purchase

Great book to get me into the newer version of Joomla. Wish I would have had this before I installed Joomla by myself.